Question : The UNO was created in the light of experience of the ‘League of Nations’ but in spite of the mandate contained in the UNO constitution, its effective role maintaining world peace has lacked cohesiveness and collective approach.” Examine.
(2015)
Answer : The UN Charter Preamble reads “The purposes of the United Nations are: To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace.”
To maintain international peace and security has been the prime responsibility of the UN. During about 64 years of its existence, it has done a ....
Question : “The Russo-Japanese War helped in the rise of Japan as a great power.”
(2014)
Answer : The Russo-Japanese war halted European expansion into East Asia and provided an international structure for East Asia that brought some degree of stability to the region. It also changed the world from a European-centered world to one in which a new Pole was emerging in Asia. As a result of the war, Russia was forced to cede Port Arthur and the Liaotung Peninsula and southern half of Sakhalin Island to Japan, to evacuate Manchuria, to ....
Question : “Decolonization ‘has finished. It definitely belongs to the past. Yet somehow it has refused to become history.”
(2013)
Answer : Decolonization has finished. It definitely belongs to the past, but somehow it has refused to become history. A great deal has already been written on this subject, and yet it seems that there is little to say about it.
After the Second World War, the colonized countries wanted to become independent, struggled with their oppressors and threw off the yoke of colonial rule. Within a few years they all achieved their aim.
That is the statement that ....
Question : “In spite of the careful framing of the Charter, the role of UNO as peacekeeper and international mediator has been somewhat lacklustre and muted and that continues to be so even after the end of Cold War.” Elucidate.
(2013)
Answer : Peacekeeping has proven to be one of the most effective tools available to the UN to assist host countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. Peacekeeping has unique strengths, including legitimacy, burden sharing, and an ability to deploy and sustain troops and police from around the globe, integrating them with civilian peacekeepers to advance multidimensional mandates. UN Peacekeepers provide security and the political and peacebuilding support to help countries make the difficult, early ....
Question : How did the policy of appeasement escalate the problem of Nazi aggrandizement?
(2011)
Answer : Appeasement had a profound effect on the way international relations developed. Although it might have worked with some German Governments, with Hitler it was doomed to be a failure.
It convinced Hitler of the complacency and weakness of Britain and France to such an extent that he was willing to risk attacking Poland there by starting the second world war. The Anglo-German Naval Agreement condoning German naval re-armament was signed without prior consultation with France and ....
Question : “Hitler did not really want a World War. His intention was only a short war with Poland.” (A. J. P. Taylar)
(2009)
Answer : Hitler’s invasion of Poland which led to Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, and the start of World War II was motivated merely by Germany’s desire to regain the city of Danzig, which had been given to Poland in the Versailles Treaty. Had Poland simply negotiated with Hitler, war could have been averted. In fact, Hitler wasn’t bent on world, or even European domination.
He would have been happy with just Danzig, Austria, and the Sudetenland. ....
Question : Examine the peace keeping efforts of the United Nations Organization.
(2009)
Answer : United Nations peacekeeping is a unique and dynamic instrument developed by the Organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict creates the conditions for lasting peace. The first UN peacekeeping mission was established in 1948, when the Security Council authorized the deployment of UN military observers to the Middle East to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours. Since then, there have been a total of more than 100 UN ....
Question : “Treaty of Versailles contained the seeds of future conflict.”
(2006)
Answer : First World War was fought between 1914 to 1918. The war resulted into the victory of Allied powers. After the war peace treaty was organized in Paris. Germany was held responsible for the war and treaty of Versailles was concluded with Germany.
As per the provisions of the treaty, Germany had to surrender Alsace and Lorraine to France, North Schlesinger to Denmark, Meme to Lithuania, West Prussia and Posen to Poland.
The region was to be administered ....
Question : The Security Council is the heart of the United Nations”.
(2003)
Answer : Protracted deliberations and mutual negotiations led to the inception of the United Nations Organization in 1945. International peace and security is the first concern of United Nations Organization, and the wing of United Nations which perform this duty is the Security Council.
The security council often described as the enforcement wing of United Nations. For this purpose, its service can be requisitioned any time. This naturally implies that the security council has to work continuously so ....
